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‘i 4 4 1 1 v k. m .1 Si 8 1 i WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM Georgia lands in Liberty Bowl C-USA champs await Dogs By NICK PARKER The Red & Black Georgia formally accept ed an Invitation to the Autozone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Term., on Sunday to play Conference USA champion Central Florida (10-3) on Dec. 31. “We’re delighted with the selection of our team to represent the Southeastern Conference in the Autozone Liberty Bowl,” Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said in Sunday's telecon ference. “It’s an opportuni ty to return to Memphis after 23 years and play a conference champion in Central Florida.” Georgia (6-6) earned bowl eligibility with a sea son-ending Georgia WaS once ujjxSf Jp Florida McGARITY O’LearV Richt and O'Leary faced off just once during O’Leary’s time at Georgia Tech. Richt’s Bulldogs won 31-17. “George is a hard-nosed football coach. Every team he’s ever put out there can play a physical brand of ball,” Richt said in Sunday’s teleconference. “I have a lot of respect for George, and his ability to coach football. It’ll be a great challenge for our guys.” A challenge not only for the Bulldogs but for the Knights too. It’s not often Central Florida gets the chance to face an SEC opponent, even if Georgia’s season hasn’t gone as well as hoped. “It’s an SEC team that is traditionally a power house in that league,” O’Leary said in Sunday’s teleconference. ’’We’ll have our work cut out for us.” Central Florida, whose invitation to the Liberty See BOWL, Page 6 >djuMk *dtk *WWHHBURHm * > h HNB 4Pv y lira lr j sys ! -1?..-: jßK£2Ml__ssslE MB WmmS&tßm SCAN FRANCIS TAYLOR | Tat Km * Buck ▲ Sophomore guard Jasmine James shot 3-for-12 from the floor, scoring just six points, and turned the ball over five times in the Lady Bulldogs’ loss to Georgia Tech Sunday. O sunny. High 44 | Low 21 i Where’s Mikey? President Adams will go to the Bluegrass i state for the annual a SACS meeting to It make sure our Ql accreditation is still B intact. It's been a rough year. The Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 IT" . jaKjyN-f •*' KATHRYN INGALL | T*. Rid . Buck ▲ Akeeme Martin spends his Friday nights hosting the ‘Half Time Hip Hop’ show on WUOG. He has been hosting the syndicated show since 2006. After dark, DJ’s show starts hopping By KATHRYN INGALL | The Red & Black Akeeme Martin spends his Friday nights the best way he knows how playing tunes in the booth of WUOG’s Tate studio. Martin began as a DJ at WUOG in 2005 and now hosts his own show, “Half Time Hip Hop,” on Fridays from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. “I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Honestly for me there’s really no trade off. Doing this show is probably the best thing I could do. We all have a lot of fun,” he said. “I’ve danced my behind off with just me in here. I bring the club in here.” Martin is a senior psychology and music major. His interest in music began early in band and then continued into high school where he created mixed tapes for friends. UP IN THE AIR This student playing on American Airlines flights. Page 5 Index Monday, December 6, 2010 Lady Dogs tripped up by Georgia Tech By RYAN BLACK The Red & Black ATLANTA Going into its game against Georgia Tech Sunday, pundits pointed to one fact: Georgia women’s basket ball team had won 27 of the 30 all-time meetings between the two schools. But at the conclusion of the game, only one stat mattered: two. Two, as in the number of losses the Lady Bulldogs (6-2) now have this season. Two, as in the number of con secutive losses the Lady Bulldogs have suffered to the Lady Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, following their defeat in 2008. The biggest surprise to Lady Bulldogs head coach Andy News 2 Opinions 4 Martin became even more interested in music when his brother left for college. “Once he went to college, I started doing some digging on my own into urban music,” he said. “Once I got to WUOG, I was exposed to more music.” Martin’s DJ career took off from there. “It really just fell into my lap,” he said. “I didn’t think it would get to this level this fast.” In addition to the regular radio broad cast of his show, “Half Time Hip Hop” is also a syndicated program that can be heard as far away as Taiwan. The process to become a DJ for WUOG See DJ, Page 3 STRATEGIC SHOPPING Do students have a method wQKgf to their holiday gift buying? Page 3 Variety 5 Sports 6 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Georgia Tech 69, Georgia 53 Landers in Sunday’s 69-53 defeat to the Lady Yellow Jackets (7-4) was Georgia’s domination in the rebound department, snagging 21 more than Georgia Tech, 50 to 29. “Hard to imagine that you could out-rebound somebody like that and not have the game a little closer, or even win the basketball game,” he said. “I was pleased with that piece [of our game] the rebounding piece —but after that there’s not a whole lot [of positives] to talk about.” The loss to Georgia Tech also meant Georgia’s two upper Holidays celebrate family, community... and dancing? Page 2 Vol. 118, No. 64 | Athens, Georgia A Mr If . Hi Courtbot Kjuitcn Morals* a ‘Big Zach,’ Zaxby's inflatable mascot, was found behind the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. Zaxby's giant fowl found near fratemily By CAREY O’NEIL The Red & Black The case of the missing 15-foot inflat able chicken appears to be solved. Athens resident Kristen Morales, wife of Red & Black editorial adviser Ed Morales, spotted the chicken behind the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house dur ing a walking sorority house tour of Milledge Avenue. “I look over and I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s a big chicken they’ve got over there,”’ she said. Morales said she saw young men spray-painting the word “pledge” across the chicken’s chest in large, blue capital letters. She took a photo and then called the police. Big Zach, the $3,000 inflatable Zaxby’s mascot, went missing from the front lawn of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Oct. 4. So far, no charges have been pressed, but University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said the incident is still under investigation. But as far as Morales is concerned, the only question still under investiga tion is whether she’ll get the $750 gift card reward the chain offered for the mascot’s safe return. “The ironic thing about this is I don’t eat chicken,” Morales, a vegetarian, said. “I do enjoy their fries.” But rather than have a lifetime sup ply of crinkle-cut fries and Zax sauce, Morales said she would use the money to get into the holiday spirit. “I think it’d be nice to get some din ners for people at the Athens homeless shelter,” she said. “I would totally try to find some charitable thing.” Beta Theta Pi representatives declined to comment on the giant chick en found in their back yard. classmen senior Porsha Phillips and junior Meredith Mitchell would finish their college careers without getting a victory on the Lady Yellow Jackets’ home floor. But if this defeat bothered Phillips more than others, she did not say it. “It’s a tough loss, but we have a game coming up, so we just have to focus on that next game,” she said. Georgia Tech jumped out to an 18-11 lead at the 12:29 mark of the first half. But Georgia fought back to take a 24-20 lead of its own with eight minutes to go before half time. That was the biggest lead See LOSS, Page 6 APP ATTACK ■ Check out which two apps we picked as our favorites for this week. Page 5 Crossword.....' 2 Sudoku 5